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South Korean Man Given Suspended Sentence For Retweeting NK Propaganda

Posted by Unknown on from the don't-talk-about-it dept.

tukang writes "Park Jung-geun, 24, of South Korea has been given a 10 month suspended prison sentence for violating the country's National Security Law, which prohibits 'praising, encouraging or propagandizing' North Korea, by retweeting over 100 North Korean propaganda posts."

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  1. Thank goodness... by hawks5999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If people keep retweeting that kind of propaganda it might infect South Korea with totalitarianism and restrictions on things like speech.

    1. Re:Thank goodness... by demonlapin · · Score: 2, Funny

      This is the country that still believes in fan death.

  2. Re:I'm curious... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Twitter would probably lock your account. Someone might get assigned to watch your behavior, but since you're a non-trivial donator to Democrat causes, it would quickly get dismissed as anti-Bush behavior and perfectly acceptable. Within three months, your Twitter account will be mentioned in a presidential speach explaining the abundance of freedoms in this country.

  3. retweet! by schlachter · · Score: 4, Funny

    You would need to pack your belongings and immediately retweet to a safer location like Iwan.

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